Context (Other owners)
Catalogue card for 1970.17: 'Originally given by Dr A. A. Y. Kyeramateng to donor'.
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Dr Alexander Atta Yaw Kyeremanten (1916-76) and donated by Miss Mary Desborough Cra'ster [aka Craister] (1957-1988), Assistant Curator, MAA.
These probably given to Mary Cra'ster when Dr Kyerematen was in Cambridge in early 1970s and was working to turn his 1966 Oxford doctoral thesis into a book. It is unclear if they were intended as a personal gift to her or the museum.
Event Date 1970
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1970.17: 'Akan lost wax brass casting of bird caught in trap (proverbial) used for weighing gold'.
Event Date 1970
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Brass goldweight representing a bird caught in trap.
Event Date 13/11/2019
Author: Lucie Carreau

Context (Amendments / updates)
Dr A. A. Y. Kyeramateng is likely to be Dr Alexander Atta Yaw Kyeremanten, founder and first director of Ghana National Cultural Centre, Kumasi, which now bears his name.

Event Date 25/1/2021
Author: Benjamina Dadzie